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Trump DOJ repeals protections for journalist-source confidentiality

Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Published on 4/26/2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly rescinded her predecessor’s policy restricting federal prosecutors from forcing journalists to reveal their sources. Her memo follows news that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard asked the Depart...

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Release secret memos on op-ed writer abduction

Freedom of the Press Foundation
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Published on 4/25/2025

Dear Friend of Press Freedom, Here’s what we’re focused on this week, as officials across America continue their attacks on the free press. Administration must release memos on abduction of op-ed writer Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims the autho...

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Leaders Must Do All They Can to Bring Alaa Home

by Jillian C. York
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Published on 4/25/2025

It has now been nearly two months since UK Prime Minister Starmer spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, yet there has been no tangible progress in the case of Alaa Abd El Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer, activist, and technologist w...

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“You Wouldn’t Steal a Car”… But Would You Pirate a Font?

by Ernesto Van der Sar
TorrentFreak
Published on 4/24/2025

First released in 2004 as part of the broader “Piracy: It’s a Crime” campaign, the “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car” PSA quickly became iconic. Its dramatic equation of online piracy with stealing handbags, televisions, and cars, also made it a fertile bree...

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Investigating Medicaid fraud through public records

Jimena Pinzon
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Published on 4/23/2025

This is the second in a series of profiles of independent journalists who use public records to hold local governments accountable. The first, about Lisa Pickoff-White of the California Reporting Project, is available here. When enterprise and invest...

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